Final Fantasy XIV doubles its number of players on Steam - MMORPG on hardware

The MMORPGFinal Fantasy XIV Although nearly 10 years old, but experienced in 2021 an unprecedented hype. With the new expansion End walker player numbers explode on Steam in December: With more than 94,000 active players at the same time is reached a new record. That's more than twice as many players in the top than in the previous month.

What is there in Final Fantasy XIV on Steam Los ?

The number of players on Steam experienced in the summer of an upswing: In July 2021, the hype began to Final Fantasy XIV, when large Twitch streamer as Mongol of World of Warcraft turned away and switched to Final Fantasy XIV — in July 2021, the number of average player on Steam by 58.8%. As of September, the hype put something back. This was certainly the release of the MMORPG New World. But now in December 2021 is the great extension End walker. Which is not out yet, but pre-orders can since Friday, December 3, already playing. With 94,414 Final Fantasy XIV has broken the record of simultaneously active players. A month earlier had one in the top of only 42,433 players on Steam, less than half.

D as is the amazing thing about the record: At the moment this is just a taste, because it can not all enjoy the benefits of Final Fantasy XIV: come End walker, but only the pre-order.

The actual Run on only starts on Tuesday, December 7. Then we can expect that the players of Final Fantasy XIV experienced a further increase.

Final Fantasy XIV is on the Hardware -limit — Long lines

What impact the hype? How Final Fantasy XIV has announced today, the enormous rush to the Early Access of End walker has led to an overload of the service. It says: Everywhere there were queues and would be abolished gradually.

The log-in attempts in Final Fantasy XIV are the Hardware -limit, especially at peak times.

As peak times for Europe 12:00 it indicates to 24:00, at least on weekends.

chief apologizes for overload, promises 7 free days

This does Final Fantasy XIV : It gives each player who has a full version and a subscription of Final Fantasy XIV, 7 Fridays. And perhaps even increase the number of days off. This tells the boss of Final Fantasy XIV; Naomi Yeshiva, a blog post on Sunday, 12.05. With.

Bosnia apologized for the inconvenience caused to the players. They say you do its utmost to improve the situation.

In addition, Yeshiva points out who is watching the end credits, to between times move the mouse or press a key, otherwise there is the automatic log-out.

Yeshiva contradicts reports that it is possible an Auto Logout because of AFK in Final Fantasy XIV missed by dancing or hits on a dummy. According to Yeshiva's rich not to bypass the mechanics. He considers such statements for rumors.

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